To build a kernel, the package kernel-source
must be installed. Additional
packages, like the C compiler (package gcc
), the GNU binutils (package binutils
), and the include files for the C
compiler (package glibc-devel
),
are selected for installation automatically by YaST and must be
installed as well.
After installation, the kernel sources are located in /usr/src/linux-<kernel-version>
. If
you plan to experiment with different kernels, unpack them in different
subdirectories and create a symbolic link to the current kernel source. Because
there are software packages that rely on the sources being in /usr/src/linux
, maintain this directory as a
symbolic link to your current kernel source. YaST does this automatically.